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Tom Thumb, the first steam-powered locomotive is constructed
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The Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is founded in 1846. -
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Influx of immigrants to America during the rise of Industrial America
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The world’s first modern skyscraper, The Home Insurance Building, is built in Chicago
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Influx of immigrants to America during the rise of Industrial America
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United States Steel Corporation is founded
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Construction of the Penn Station
The Penn Station is constructed. -
Excavation at Night by George Bellows
Excavation at Night is finished in 1908. -
The Penn Station opens
Construction of the Penn Station Ends -
Ford releases the Model A
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The Great Depression begins
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Locomotive and Factory by Salvatore Pinto
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The Steel Mill by Thomas Hart Benton
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Penn Station is demolished.
The aboveground portions of Penn Station are demolished.
